New Middle East
Buried alive
New Middle East is a dialogue between a masked soldier and the woman that he is burying alive. This conversation between the perpetrator and the victim becomes increasingly absurd. The 2013 piece is both a fictionalised representation of the Syrian (civil) war and a vision of the totalitarian violence that is gripping the Middle East.
• Bashar Murkus is one of the founders of Haifa’s Khashabi Theatre. For New Middle East he collaborated with Oyoun Theatre in the Golan Heights, a part of Syria that was occupied by Israel in 1967.
Bashar Murkus and the Making of Independent Palestinian Theater in Haifa. - arablit.org
written by Moataz Abu Saleh | dramaturg, director Bashar Murkus | cast Amal Kais–Abu Saleh, Henry Andrawes | scenography Majdala Khoury | music Terez Sliman, Yazan Ibraheem | graphic design Nihad Awidat | lighting design Naame Zaknoon | technical manager Firas Tarabshi | production Oyoun Theatre and Khashabi Theatre
Bashar Murkus is een beloftevolle Palestijnse regisseur die we presenteren in samenwerking met Moussem. Dit nomadisch kunstencentrum focust op artiesten met een link met de Arabische wereld. Het Kaaitheater start een meerjarige samenwerking met Moussem, waarbij op regelmatige tijdstippen gastvoorstellingen op het programma staan.